Benita Valente: Rastlose Liebe ("Restless Love," Schubert) - 1975 Performance - Lyrics

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Benita Valente, soprano; Richard Goode, piano. "Rastlose Liebe" was penned by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (at age 27) in 1776. Schubert set the poem to music in 1821. Please see this 1983 NYT write-up of Ms. Valente: http://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/20/arts/music-benita-valente-lyric-soprano.html
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More from American sopranos:

Benita Valente: Meine Liebe ist Grün (Brahms) - 1975 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0EZbP7vewQ

Evelyn Lear: Schlafendes Jesuskind - Lieder Nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike (Wolf) - DG, 1965 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEs277j7Gbs

Benita Valente: Nachtigall (Brahms) - 1975 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_TSk4X4tPs

Evelyn Lear: Lied Vom Winde - Lieder Nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike (Wolf) - DG, 1965 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMbVLDNzeLY

Wolf / Evelyn Lear: Gebet - Lieder Nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike, 1965 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmFLZ13QF1s

Wolf / Evelyn Lear: Denk Es, O Seele! - Lieder Nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike, 1965 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNEo_IIkxOY

Benita Valente: Auch Kleine Dinge (Wolf)-1975 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTR_ZampUzs

Wolf / Evelyn Lear: Verborgenheit - Lieder Nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike, 1965 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8N3Ju8bcL0

Schubert - Grace Bumbry, 1964: Nacht und Träume ("Night and Dreams") - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkPSaC-Y1nA

Benita Valente: Der Zauberer (Mozart) - 1975 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_3W4fLK1JY

Schubert - Grace Bumbry, 1964: Die Forelle ("The Trout") - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jea0wgS29Kc

Benita Valente: Wer Rief Dich Denn? (Wolf) - 1975 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrNs3oC_lQY

Wolf / Evelyn Lear: Neue Liebe - Lieder Nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike, 1965 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7OtbAPIGgo
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Rita Gorr: Printemps Qui Commence - Samson and Delilah (Saint-Saëns) - 1962 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3UT9qpLr9w
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Other Connoisseur Society recordings I have uploaded and which I highly recommend:

The great Argentinian pianist Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, at 26 years of age, performing the Brahms Piano Concerto, Op. 15: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6E9BE85804C530A1

--Liszt Operatic Fantasies (Norma, Don Juan) for Two Pianos, recorded in 1972 for the first time by Richard and John Contiguglia: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=2DB5129762F0C2D3

--Leopold Stokowski (in 1975, two years before his death) performs Rachmaninov's Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D541E1AB143769D5

--The first-ever recording (on location in Arles, France, in 1963) of legendary flamenco guitarist Manitas De Plata: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AA216A8829FC29F1

--The complete Chopin scherzi, performed by the incredible Brazilian virtuoso Antonio Barbosa (1940-1993): http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4B5F653B51BC0288

--Anthony di Bonaventura's mesmerizing 1972 performance of 23 Scarlatti keyboard sonatas: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=410470ADFFDE8994

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Dem Schnee, dem Regen,
Dem Wind entgegen,
Im Dampf der Klüfte
Durch Nebeldüfte,
Immer zu! Immer zu!
Ohne Rast und Ruh!

Lieber durch Leiden
Möcht ich mich schlagen,
Als so viel Freuden
Des Lebens ertragen.

Alle das Neigen
Von Herzen zu Herzen,
Ach, wie so eigen
Schaffet das Schmerzen!

Wie soll ich fliehen?
Wälderwärts ziehen?
Alles vergebens!
Krone des Lebens,
Glück ohne Ruh,
Liebe, bist du!
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To the snow, to the rain
To the wind opposed,
In the mist of the ravines
Through the scent of fog,
Always on! Always on!
Without rest and peace!

I would rather through suffering
Fight myself,
Than so many joys
Of life endure.

All the inclining
Of heart to heart,
Ah, how curiously
that creates pain!

Where shall I flee?
To the forest move?
All in vain!
Crown of life,
Happiness without peace,
Love, are you!
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Benita Valente on yhdysvaltalainen sopraano. Hän syntyi Delanossa, Kaliforniassa, ja valmistui Curtis Institute of Musicista vuonna 1960. Valenten varhaisen uran merkittävä vaikuttaja oli Lotte Lehmann, jonka yksityisoppilaaksi hän pääsi 16-vuotiaana. Hänen Metropolitan-debyyttinsä New Yorkissa tapahtui syyskuussa 1973. Hän on tulkinnut mm. Mozartin oopperarooleja. Valente ei ole pelkästään oopperalaulaja, vaan myös kansainvälisesti arvostettu liedien, kamarimusiikin ja oratorion esittäjä. Hänen ohjelmistossaan ovat edustettuna kaikki aikakaudet renessanssin ja barokin siirtymävaiheesta (Monteverdi) nykysäveltäjien teoksiin saakka. Valente ilmoitti vetäytyvänsä lavalta esiinnyttyään viimeisen kerran 26. lokakuuta 2000.

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  • SPLENDIDO *************

  • @Seinway I agree.... I do not think I have ever heard a more convincing performance of this incredible work.

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